One-Hit Wonders
Here are some cities that have only one or very few interesting stations. This page is meant as a supplement to the Metro Arts and Architecture page that shows many of the world's best subway stations and lists cities that foster good station design and architecture.
Like in pop music history, where an artist who has been successful with just one single song is known as a "one-hit wonder", there are subway cities that have only one or very few noteworthy subway stations. Whatever the reason is that those cities have left all their other stations in a less interesting state of appearance, some of those one-hit-wonder station designs are first-class and should not go unnoticed, so here they are...
Latest update to this page: 15 March 2008.
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AtlantaThis US city has a couple of artworks in its stations. Architecturally most interesting is Peachtree Center station.
Photo [R. Ferreira, nycsubway.org]: Peachtree Center station on the North-South Line. |
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AucklandThe transport in the largest city of New Zealand is being upgraded recently. Britomart Transport Centre is the first station that has been refurbished in this process.
Photo [mariomadayag.com]: Britomart Transport Centre station. |
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BakuThe capital of Azerbaijan boasts one line of a Soviet-style metro which was opened in 1967 and another line under construction.
Photo [metro.gov.az]: Platform level of Xalglar Dostlugu station, built in 1989. |
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BeijingThe recently opened line 5 has a few interesting stations, the most striking one being Beiyuan North station.
Photo [beijing2008.cn]: Beiyuan North station from 2007, alledgedly resembling a silkworm pod. |
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BielefeldThis small German metro-tram system
with several at-grade and few underground stations has some nice
architectural features in Hauptbahnhof (central) station.
Photo: Wall detail at Hauptbahnhof station, which was designed by Von Gerkan, Marg & Partner architects in 1991. |
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BostonThough the overall appearance of America's first subway is not that great, they started to include works of art in stations in 1967 and continue to do so with new stations. Murals, sculptures and other types of artworks have been acquired through donations and art competitions [mbta.com].
Photo [Madhava Enros, madhava.com]: Ornate wrought-iron entrance structure built in 1917 at Copley station.
 More Boston photos...
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DelhiIndia's capital has a clean and efficient metro system. Works of art have been included in several stations [delhimetrorail.com].
Photo [Neeraj Paul, skyscrapercity.com]: Rajiv Chowk station, built in 2005.
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DnepropetrovskThis city in the Ukraine has a Soviet-style metro system of 1995 with most stations being vaults.
Photo [urbanrail.net]: Metalurgiv station. |
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GlasgowPhoto: Buchanan Street station entrance glowing in the sunlight. |
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PyongyangThe capital of North Korea hosts a socialist-style metro with murals and a grand architecture at least in one station [pyongyang-metro.com], [biglobe.ne.jp].
Photo [andrewcod, flickr.com]: Platform level of Yonggwang station. |
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ZurichZurich doesn't have a metro, but a few of the underground and at-grade commuter rail (S-Bahn) stations have interesting architecture.
Photo [Donald Corner and Jenny Young, greatbuildings.com]: The organic concrete structure of Stadelhofen station, built in 1990 by architect Santiago Calatrava. |
All photos © M. Rohde, except where indicated otherwise.
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